Evolution of Kenya's Maize Marketing Systems in the Post-liberalization Era

James K. Nyoro, M.W. Kiiru and Thomas Jayne ()

No 55148, Food Security Collaborative Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: The objectives of this paper are to: (1) identify the pattern of private sector investment in the maize marketing system since the reforms were initiated and evaluate the extent of private sector response to the reforms; (2) assess how maize prices and marketing margins have changed in response to the market reforms; (3) identify market-oriented mechanisms that have evolved in the current environment to reduce vulnerability of farmers, traders and consumers to price and expenditure instability; and (4) identify strategies that the government and private sector could implement to effectively promote the development of the evolving market oriented food systems.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55148

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